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Lawson, Louisa (1848 - 1920)

Born
1848
Died
1920
Occupation
Editor and Journalist
Alternative Names
  • Falconer, Dora (Pseudonym)

Details

Lawson co-edited the Republican before founding the commercially successful feminist newspaper Dawn, in 1888.

See Heather Radi, 'Lawson, Louisa (1848 - 1920)', Australian Dictionary of Biography Online.

Resources

Book Sections

  • Milner, Andrew, 'Radical Intellectuals: an unacknowledged legislature?', in Verity Burgmann and Jenny Lee (eds), Constructing a culture: a people's history of Australia since 1788, McPhee Gribble/ Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 259-84. PDF Details

Journal Articles

  • 'The Dawn Club', The Dawn : a journal for Australian women, 1899. Image PDF Details

Newspaper Articles

  • 'The Divorce Extension Bill', The Dawn; a journal for Australian women (Sydney), 15 May 1888. Image PDF Details
  • 'The Dawn Club: A Social Reform Club for Women', The Dawn; a journal for Australian women, 1889. Image PDF Details
  • Falconer, Dora, 'Ourselves', The Dawn; a journal for Australian women (Sydney), vol. 3, no. 1, 5 May 1890. Image Image PDF Details
  • Falconer, Dora, 'The divorce extension bill, or, the drunkard's wife', The Dawn; a journal for Australian women (Sydney), vol. 2, no. 11, 5 March 1890. Image PDF Details
  • Lawson, Louisa, 'Women's Suffrage', The Dawn, July 1889. Image PDF Details